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Jersey Number 26
Sam Kowalski
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- San Clemente
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
2025:
2025:
2024:
2023:
Before SHU:
- All-MAAC First Team
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- MAAC Pitcher of the Week (4/7, 3/24, 3/17).
- MAAC Player of the Week (3/31).
- Climbed to second on SHU's all-time strikeout leaderboard with 599, which is the most in the Division I era.
- Started in the circle 19 times over 24 appearances, while appearing in 33 games total.
- Led the MAAC in hits allowed per seven innings (5.26), was second in ERA (2.09), WHIP (1.18) and shutouts (5) and was third in strikeouts (130).
- Set new career-bests in ERA and complete-game shutouts (5).
- Had a 1.16 ERA in conference with a 9-3 record, four shutouts and 82 strikeouts.
- At the plate, finished with a career-high .396 batting average and career-bests of 14 runs and eight home runs.
- Had 11 multi-hit games.
- Recorded a new career-high with 13 strikeouts in a 4-1 SHU win over Siena (3/7).
- Tallied her first two home run game at Marist (4/7).
- Hit a walk-off home run in SHU's opener against Akron (2/13).
- Struck out eight batters and allowed one hit in 8.0 innings of a 1-0 win at Manhattan (3/21).
- Threw two-hit shutouts against Yale (3/25), Niagara (3/29) and Merrimack (4/3).
- Got the win in the circle and tallied two of the team's three RBIs in a 3-0 win at Niagara (3/29).
2025:
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Appeared in 37 games as a junior.
- Made 33 appearances and 25 starts in the circle.
- Earned 12 of SHU's 21 wins on the season, going 12-15.
- Recorded a 2.17 ERA with a career-best 180 strikeouts over 171.0 innings.
- Ended the season ranked third in the conference in strikeouts and ERA.
- Ranked second on the team with a .325 batting average (27-for-83).
- Tied for the team lead with nine doubles, finishing the season with 12 RBIs, seven runs and a triple.
- Tallied 12 strikeouts in a complete-game shutout of Merrimack (4/29).
- Fanned 10 batters in a complete-game shutout of Maine (3/7).
- Went 3-for-3 with a triple, double and a single at Canisius (5/2).
2024:
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- NEC Pitcher of the Week (3/5).
- Appeared in 53 games as a sophomore with 51 starts.
- Made 36 pitching appearances with 27 starts.
- Led the Pioneers with 15 wins, 178.2 innings pitched and 172 strikeouts, the first two standing as new career highs.
- Finished third on the team with a .296 batting average, adding 20 RBI, 13 runs, five doubles and a homer to her hitting statistics.
- Led the Pioneers to nine wins in NEC play with 10 complete games and four shutouts.
- Posted three three-hit games.
- Threw her first career no-hitter in an eight-strikeout shutout of St. Bonaventure (3/1).
- Recorded 12 strikeouts in wins over Merrimack (4/7) and LIU (5/9).
- Tossed a shutout with 11 K's against Le Moyne (4/27).
- Tallied multiple hits in both ends of a sweep of Holy Cross (4/11).
2023:
- Named the 2023 Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year.
- Tabbed to the NEC All-Rookie Team.
- NEC Pitcher of the Week (4/18).
- NEC Rookie of the Week (2/21 & 4/25).
- Started 20 games over 31 appearances as a first year.
- Appeared in 26 games with 19 starts in the pitching circle, leading the team with 133.1 innings, nine wins, 117 strikeouts, and 13 complete games.
- Finished the year with a 9-12 record with a 3.62 ERA.
- Paced the NEC with 41 strikeouts looking and was fifth in total strikeouts.
- Fanned a season-best 10 batters against Wagner (4/21).
- Recorded eight strikeouts against Stony Brook (3/16) and Central Conn. St. (4/7).
- Posted a .230 batting average with 11 RBI, three runs, and three doubles.
Before SHU:
- Played for San Clemente High School where she posted a batting average of .426
- Named MVP in 2020-21 and nominated for the school's Athlete of the Year in 2021-22
- Played for club team 18U Gold Rogers where she tallied a batting average of .469 and 77 strikeouts in 44 innings pitched
- 4.0 GPA student and was named to the Superintendent's Honor Roll since 2018.
Saige Harper Paris 2024
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